{"id":5201,"date":"2024-11-16T02:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T02:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2024-11-16T02:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T02:58:53","slug":"judges-delay-jan-6-trials-ahead-of-trump-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=5201","title":{"rendered":"Judges Delay Jan. 6 Trials Ahead Of Trump Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the run-up to President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s second term, two federal courts decided on January 6 to postpone criminal prosecutions for a number of people accused of trespassing on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>On January 6, two federal courts decided to postpone criminal hearings for several people accused of trespassing on the U.S. Capitol due to President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s impending second term.<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings will wait until after Trump\u2019s inauguration, according to circuit court justices Carl Nichols and Rudolph Contreras, who were both appointed by Trump and Obama, respectively. The judges reasoned that if Trump takes over as president and head of the Department of Justice, he might cancel the cases and pardon individuals who were convicted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5202\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-106-300x252.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-106-300x252.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-106.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Judges have now accepted the pleas of Jan. 6 defendants to postpone their cases in anticipation of possible Trump pardons for the first time, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras said it would be a waste to summon a jury and use taxpayer funds when there is a \u201creal possibility\u201d of a Trump pardon. He postponed the trial scheduled for defendant William Pope until late February.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Judges have now accepted the pleas of Jan. 6 defendants to postpone their cases in anticipation of possible Trump pardons for the first time, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras said it would be a waste to summon a jury and use taxpayer funds when there is a \u201creal possibility\u201d of a Trump pardon. He postponed the trial scheduled for defendant William Pope until late February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the run-up to President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s second term, two federal courts decided on January 6 to postpone criminal prosecutions for a number of people accused of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judges Delay Jan. 6 Trials Ahead Of Trump Inauguration - 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